Match Play Final

Spring weather has arrived!!  A beautiful clear day with warm winds and plenty of sunshine.

A perfect day to hold the 2022 Match Play final between Michael Curtis and Barry Treak while the remaining 22 players contested a 2-person blind draw stableford handicap event.

THE MATCH PLAY FINALISTS
Barry Treak vs Michael Curtis

Carol and Andrea ready to start the round !

Shelley Yeo & Mark Hill at the 1st tee !

 

The Match Play final

The first group to tee off contained the match play finalists as well as Club Captain, Gerry Tessier and finals referee, Derek Longhurst.

The Match Play Group 

Barry tee'd off first and made a reasonable start sending his ball down the left side of the fairway, short of the dogs leg. Michael on the other hand, had a touch of nerves and topped his ball which hopped about 10 metres forward and stopped short of the white tee markers! Surely an SOS 'first'?

On the Fairways & Greens

While it was an ignominious start for Michael, by the end of  the first 9 holes they were 'all square' !

Match play in progress on the 6th.
(Taken by Birgit on the 4th)

Meanwhile, Peter's 2nd shot on the 8th stopped right under the bunker lip! A highly lofted lob wedge got the ball out of the bunker and a few metres toward the green.

Players will have noticed that ground staff had recently excavated most, if not all, of the bunker edges making it impossible to putt out of the bunkers!

Andrea, Vickie & Frances take a banana break during their round!

Match play update !
Barry's ball gets snookered after deviating from the fairway on the 13th!

A Blond moment?

The picture below shows Frances' buggy left abandoned at the end of hole 7 after she accepted a lift in Vickie's buggy uphill to the 8th hole tee area. After teeing off Vickie and Frances got back into the buggy and were so pre-occupied chatting away that the two motored down the fairway to play their next shots.  Fortunately,  Andrea and Birgit, who had walked back to collect their buggies, alerted the duo in the cart and Frances was reunited with her clubs!

Frances' 'abandoned' buggy !

Match Play update

The match play winner was decided after the 16th hole when the referee declared a result of 3 up with 2 to go!!

The opponents shake hands

Michael applies his driver to Barry's neck!

President's Address at the Perry Lakes Picnic Venue

President Brett Fordham welcomed members and guests to the post-match event noting the awards ceremony and regular events would be followed by a General Meeting of Members of the SOS Golf Group Inc. covering the business set out in the Notice to Members.

Brett advised there are no members birthdays to celebrate this week, although Vickie's was on Friday, 9th September, which I mentioned last week!

Next week, 17 September, will be the final round of the Club Championship contest; a stableford event played on the Tuart Course. The followed week is the Country Cup event on Sunday 25 September at the Araluan Country Resort! If you have not already done so, please complete your booking with Tony Gooch and remit funds to the SOS bank account.

A warm welcome to guest Ron Hill who is a member of the Cottesloe Golf Club and enjoys a handicap of 12.

It is good to see member Greg Dunkeld joining us today after an absence.

And a big 'thank you' to Carol and Frances and others for organising the BBQ and picnic including buns, salads and a refreshing range of drinks!  Always very much appreciated!

The early birds at the BBQ

BBQ chefs Keith & Earle at work!

Derek sneaking a chocolate bar before the BBQ!

The Results

The competition results were announced at the Perry Lakes picnic area by Club Captain Gerry Tessier.

1.    Match Play

The SOS 2022 Match Play Champion is Barry Treak who battled hard to secure his win on the 16th hole; the final score being 3 up with 2 to play!  Also, congratulations to Michael Curtis for putting up a strong challenge and, as runner up, is awarded the Match Play Plate.

Barry collects the Match Play Trophy from Club Captain, Gerry Tessier!

The match Play Finalists with their prizes!

2.   2-Person Blind Draw Stableford Handicap

With blind luck on their side, two of the highest point scorers, Andrea Williams and Bernie Caffrey were paired and romped away with 1st place on 73 points. 

In 2nd place, 4 points behind, came Peter Baird and Colin Kerr on 69 points; with the team of Vickie Scarff and Carol Barrow a further 2 points behind in 3rd place.

2-Person Blind Draw Stableford Event
1	Andrea Williams Bernie Caffrey	34 39	73
2	Peter Baird Colin Kerr	33 36	69
3	Vickie Scarff Carol Barrow	38 29	67
4	Tony Gooch Francis Longhurst	36 29	65
5	Ron Hill Mark Wilson	32 28	60
=6	Gerry Tessier Birgit Reinartz	29 30	59
=6	Earle Scarff          Greg Dunkeld	34 25	59
=8	Gary Burgess Keith Barrow	27 30	57
=8	Shelley Yeo Mark Hill	30 27	57
=8	Greg Bennett Paul Boquest	33 24	57
11	Brett Fordham Maureen Sundari	25 30	55
12	Derek Longhurst Glen Pope	20 26	46

Blind draw 2nd place winners Peter Baird & Colin Kerr
with Club Captain Gerry Tessier and
1st place winner Andrea Williams (missing partner Bernie Caffrey)

3.  Stableford Results

While not part of today's competitions, the full results table is shown below.

Congratulations to Bernie Caffrey (1st) and Vickie Scarff (2nd) on 39 and 38 points respectively!  Colin Kerr came in 3rd with 36 points and a birdie on the 18th hole.

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Bernie Caffrey	16	39	3rd
2	Vickie Scarff	31	38
3	Colin Kerr	14	36	18th
4	Tony Gooch	8	36	4th
5	Andrea Williams	20	34
6	Earle Scarff	16	34
7	Greg Bennett	19	33
8	Peter Baird	20	33
9	Ronald hill	12	32
10	Shelley Yeo	12	30
11	Keith Barrow	10	30
12	Birgit Reinartz	32	30
13	Maureen Sundari	10	30
14	Frances Longhurst	20	29
15	Carol Barrow	30	29
16	Gerry Tessier	16	29
17	Mark Wilson	11	28	11th
18	Mark Hill	9	27
19	Gary Burgess	9	27
20	Glen Pope	9	26
21	Greg Dunkeld	19	25	18th
22	Brett Fordham	9	25
23	Derek Longhurst	22	20
24	Paul Boquest	8	24
25	Francois Maree	20	?

Gerry reads out the competition results

Golden Hole

No winner on the Tuart Course today, so the jackpot takes another leap to a total of $141.

New Rules for Golden Holes

Most SOS members are aware that the General Meeting held on 10 September 2022 agreed that, in future, the Golden Hole at each of the Tuart and Old Courses would accumulate to a maximum of $150 on each course.

It was also agreed that if the Jackpot exceeds $150 on either course, a second Golden Hole will be created to hold the 2nd Jackpot funds that exceed $150. In this situation, members will have 2 Golden Holes to contest during the golf round!

For your information, as at 10 September 2022 the Golden Hole jackpot status was:

Tuart Course -  $141 (so, $9 from the next round, on 17 September, will cap off the Jackpot at $150 with the remainder applied to the 2nd Golden Hole.)

 

Old Course -  $177  ($27 will immediately be applied to the 2nd Golden Hole leaving the original Golden Hole with a sum of $150. The Old Course will next used on 1 October.

Novelties

Congratulations to the winners of the Novelty holes who displayed skills exceeding all others!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	1	Gerry	Mark W
LD - Ladies	5	Carol, Maureen	Bernie
LD - Mens	7	-	Gerry
NTP in 2	16	-	Goochy
NTP	18	Boris, Keith, Brett	Greg

Tony reads out the Novelty results

Eagles & Birdies

Again, no Eagles, but at least 5 Birdies with Tony Gooch and Mark Wilson scoring on the 1st and 2nd index holes respectively!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Bernie Caffrey	3	1st
Colin Kerr	18	3rd
Tony Gooch	4	4th
Mark Wilson	11	17th
Greg Dunkeld	18	21st

Ash Tray Collection

Derek Longhurst took the honor of calling the fines, and the winning the bag of lollies, for coming close to the bottom of the results list! Money poured into the collection boxes as almost all players had a tale of woe. Balls were sunk & otherwise lost, equipment abandoned & abused, profanity filled the air etc. etc.

Gerry collecting a fine from Colin !

Shelley collecting the fines or handing out golf balls?

Raffle

Many players used the tranquil setting to buy up unusually large quantities of numbered disks, so much so there were none left for the 'tail-enders' to buy!

And the winner was Ron Hill!

Ron Hill wins 1st prize in the raffle and
 scores a $20 Lot Six Zero gift card!

Results of General Meeting

A total of 23 members signed the attendance register and President Brett Fordham chaired the meeting  which commenced at 3.08pm.

There were 2 ordinary resolutions.

The one dealing with the rules for the conduct of the Benkerr Cup was passed by a majority after some modifications. The precise wording will be provided to members in the short term.

The resolution to prevent the winner of the Masters Trophy from also winning the Memorial Trophy was defeated, so there is no change required to the SOS By Laws.

There were two items for discussion.

After vigorous discussion, it was agreed to 'cap' the Golden Hole jackpot amounts at $150 with any amounts collected in excess of $150 being used to create a second Golden Hole fund.  Please refer to the 'Golden Hole' caption earlier in this blog for a more detailed explanation.

In respect to the issue of the 3 coloured tee markers at Wembley, it was agreed that all men should play off the Green tees and all women should play off the White tees.

The President closed the General Meeting at 3.47pm. 

Club President Brett Fordham (centre) steers
 discussion at the General Meeting

Next Week

The final round of the Club Championship will be held on the Tuart Course This is a stableford competition.  Members have to complete at least 5 rounds in the Club Championship competition to be eligible for one of the several trophies.  Expect an early start time!

Captains Corner

Coloured Tee Markers

Please note that, following agreement at the General Meeting today, in future all men will play off the Green tees and all women will play off the White tees.  Please ensure you select the correct colour when logging into the Pro Shop registration system!

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